APTARE IT Analytics
- Section I. Introducing APTARE IT Analytics
- Section II. Certified Configurations
- Portal and Database Servers
- Data Collector Server Configurations
- Capacity Manager Configurations
- Array/LUN Performance Data Collection
- Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements
- Cloud Configurations
- Virtualization Manager Configurations
- File Analytics Configurations
- Fabric Manager Configurations
- Backup Manager Configurations
- Internal TCP Port Requirements
- Section III. End User
- Understanding the Portal
- About the Admin Tab
- Exploring Your Inventory
- Using the Hierarchy Toolbar to Organize Your Data
- Show Objects
- Using Attributes to Organize Your Data
- Pinning Reports - Saving Reports with Inventory Objects
- Assigning Attributes in the Inventory List View
- Getting Acquainted With Reports
- About Badging
- Generating and Maintaining Reports
- Selecting Report Scope
- Group Hosts by Attributes
- Searching for Hosts in the Report Scope Selector
- Backup Manager Advanced Scope Selector Settings
- Solution Reports Scope Selector Settings
- Units of Measure in Reports
- Customizing Report Filter Logic
- Sorting Columns in Reports
- Distributing, Sharing, Scheduling, and Alerting
- Scheduling Exported Reports and Dashboards
- Organizing Reports
- Working with the Dynamic Template Designer
- Dynamic Template Designer Quick Start
- Converting to a Homogeneous, Product-Specific Template
- Dynamic Template Function Configurations
- Create Fields with the Field Builder
- Scope Selector Component - Custom Filter
- Configure a Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Steps to Create a Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Configure an Area/Stacked Area Chart Dynamic Template
- Line Charts for Performance Metrics
- Line Chart Field Requirements
- One Object Per Line Chart, One or More Metrics Per Chart
- Multiple Objects Per Line Chart, One Metric Per Chart
- Example of a Stacked Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Create a Sparkline Chart in a Tabular Dynamic Template
- Adding or Editing Methods
- Validate and Save a Method
- Working with the SQL Template Designer
- Configure SQL Template Scope Selector Components
- Sample SQL Queries
- Number, Size, Date, and Time Formatting
- Alignment, Aggregation, Bar Type, and Bar Type Color
- Pipelined Functions for Report Query Building
- APTlistOfDates
- aptStringConcat
- getServerAttributeValue
- getObjectAttributeValue
- getChildServerGroupContextById
- getServerGroupContextById
- secsToHoursMinSecs
- APTgetTapeDriveStatusName
- getFullPathname
- listJobSummaryAfterRestart
- listJobSummaryAfterRestartNBW
- listJobSummaryAfterRestart for NetWorker Backup Jobs
- listOfBackupWindowDates
- listChargebackCatByVOLSDetail
- listChargebackCatByFSDetail
- listChargebackCatByFSDetail
- listChargebackByLUNSummary
- listChargebackByLUNDetail
- listChargebackCatByLUNSummary
- listChargebackCatByLUNDetail
- Alerting
- Adding/Editing an Alert Policy
- Managing Hosts, Backup Servers and Host Groups
- NetBackup Master Servers
- Managing Attributes and Objects
- Host Groups vs Attributes
- Providing Portal Access and User Authentication
- Setting/Resetting Passwords
- Managing User Group Home Pages (Administrator)
- Configuring Master Schedules and Backup Windows
- Adding and Editing Policies
- Adding/Editing a Threshold Policy
- Capacity Chargeback Policy Types
- Solutions Administration
- Managing and Monitoring Data Collection
- About Data Collection Tasks
- Reviewing Collectors and Collection Status
- Upgrading Data Collectors
- Working with Capacity Manager Host Data Collection
- Host Access Requirements
- Manage Credentials
- Configure Host Discovery Policies to Populate the Host Discovery and Collection View
- Validate Host Connectivity
- Search and Export in Host Discovery and Collection
- Propagate Probe Settings: Copy Probes, Paste Probes
- Discovery Policies for Veritas NetBackup
- About Discovery Types
- Viewing and Managing System Notifications
- Customizing with Advanced Parameters
- Access Control Advanced Parameters
- General Data Collection Advanced Parameters
- Cloud Data Collection Advanced Parameters
- Host Discovery and Collection Advanced Parameters
- Backup Manager Advanced Parameters
- Capacity Manager Advanced Parameters
- File Analytics Advanced Parameters
- Virtualization Manager Advanced Parameters
- Managing Your Portal Environment
- Analyzing Files
- Troubleshooting the Portal
- Retrieving Log Files
- Debugging
- Attribute Inheritance Overrides
- Understanding Report Data Caching
- Understanding the Portal
- Section IV. Report Reference
- Introduction to APTARE IT Analytics
- Alert Reports
- Risk Mitigation Solution Reports
- Risk Mitigation Reports
- Storage Optimization Solution Reports
- System Administration Reports
- Array Capacity Utilization Reports
- Array Capacity & Utilization (Generic Data)
- Array Capacity & Utilization (IBM SVC View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (IBM XIV View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (NetApp View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (NetApp Cluster)
- NetApp Storage System Detail
- Array Capacity and Utilization (OpenStack Swift)
- IBM Array Site Summary
- IBM Array Detail
- LUN Utilization Summary
- NetApp Aggregate Detail
- NetApp Cluster-Mode Aggregate Detail
- NetApp Plex Details
- NetApp Volume Details
- NetApp Cluster-Mode Volume Detail
- Host Capacity Utilization Reports
- Thin Provisioning Reports
- Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Pool Utilization
- Capacity Forecasting Reports
- Available/Reclaimable Capacity Reports
- Storage Performance Reports
- Mission Control for Performance Analysis
- Application Capacity Reports
- Capacity at Risk Reports
- File Analytics Reports
- Capacity Chargeback Reports
- Virtualization Manager Reports
- Understanding the Datastore
- VM Server Detail
- VM Snapshot Summary
- VM Detail
- Datastore Utilization Summary
- Datastore Detail
- Fabric Manager Reports
- Host to Storage Dashboard
- Backup Manager Management Reports
- Error Log Summary
- Job Duration Report
- Veeam Backup & Replication Job Summary Report (Homogeneous)
- Veeam and RMAN Job Details Report
- Adding a Note to a Job
- Job Volume Summary Report
- Backup Administration Reports
- Host Details
- IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) Storage Pools Dashboard
- Backup Media Management Reports
- TSM Tape Media Detail Table
- Backup Service Level Agreement (SLA) Reports
- Determining and Improving Backup Start Time Performance
- Determining and Improving Backup Success Performance
- Determining and Improving Backup Duration Performance
- Backup Storage Utilization Reports
- Backup Manager Forecasting Reports
- Backup Billing and Usage Reports
- Backup Policies Reports
- HP Data Protector Backup Specification Detail
- Replication Manager Reports
- SnapVault Detail
- Section V. Data Collector Installation and Troubleshooting
- Installing the Data Collector Software
- Validating Data Collection
- Uninstalling the Data Collector
- Manually Starting the Data Collector
- Data Collector Troubleshooting
- Host Resources: Check the Status of the WMI Proxy Server
- Host Resources: Check Host Connectivity Using Standard SSH
- Host Resources: Generating Host Resource Configuration Files
- Configuring Parameters for SSH
- Firewall Configuration: Default Ports
- CRON Expressions and Probe Schedules
- Clustering Data Collectors with VCS and Veritas NetBackup (RHEL 7)
- Clustering Data Collectors with VCS and Veritas NetBackup (Windows)
- Installing the Data Collector Software
- Section VI. Data Collection for the Cloud
- Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Create an AWS IAM User
- Link AWS Accounts for Collection of Consolidated Billing Data
- Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Ceilometer
- Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Swift
- Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Azure
- Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Section VII. Data Collection for Data Protection (Backup)
- Introduction
- Pre-Installation Setup for Commvault Simpana
- Open TCP/IP Access to the Commvault Database
- Set Up a Read-Only User in the CommServe Server
- Pre-Installation Setup for Cohesity DataProtect
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Avamar
- Importing EMC Avamar Server Information
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Data Domain Backup
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC NetWorker
- Architecture Overview (EMC NetWorker)
- Pre-Installation Setup for Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery
- Pre-Installation Setup for Generic Backup
- Generic Backup Data Collection
- CSV Format Specification
- Pre-Installation Setup for HP Data Protector
- Architecture Overview (HP Data Protector)
- Configure the Data Collector Server in Cell Manager (HP Data Protector)
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)
- Architecture Overview (IBM Spectrum Protect -TSM)
- Importing IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) Information
- Pre-Installation Setup for NAKIVO Backup & Replication
- Pre-Installation Setup for Veritas Backup Exec
- Pre-Installation Setup for Veritas NetBackup
- Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (or later) Requirements for Centralized Collection
- Pre-Installation Setup for Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
- Pre-Installation Setup for Rubrik Cloud Data Management
- Pre-Installation Setup for Veeam Backup & Replication
- Discovery Policies for Veritas NetBackup
- About Discovery Types
- About SNMP Probes
- Appendix A. Load Historic Events
- Section VIII. Data Collection for Fabrics
- Section IX. Data Collection for File Analytics
- Pre-Installation Setup for File Analytics
- Host Discovery and Collection File Analytics Probe
- Adding a File Analytics Data Collector Policy
- File Analytics Export Folder Size and Folder Depth
- Pre-Installation Setup for File Analytics
- Section X. Data Collection for Replication
- Section XI. Data Collection for Storage (Capacity)
- Data Collection for Capacity Overview
- Pre-Installation Setup for Dell Compellent
- Pre-Installation Setup for DELL EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Data Domain Storage
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Isilon
- Pre-Installation Setup EMC Symmetrix
- Pre-Installation Setup for Dell EMC Unity
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VNX Celerra
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VNX CLARiiON
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VPLEX
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC XtremIO
- Pre-Installation Setup for Hitachi Block
- Configuring a Hitachi Device Manager User
- Pre-Installation Setup for Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)
- Hitachi Content Platform System Management Console
- Hitachi Content Platform Tenant Management Console
- Pre-Installation Setup Hitachi NAS
- Host Inventory Pre-Installation Setup
- Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements
- Manage Credentials
- Configure Host Discovery Policies to Populate the Host Inventory
- Execute and Monitor Host Discovery
- Validate Host Connectivity
- Host Inventory Search and Host Inventory Export
- Configure and Edit Host Probes
- Propagate Probe Settings: Copy Probes, Paste Probes
- Pre-Installation Setup for HP 3PAR
- Pre-Installation Setup for HP EVA
- Pre-Installation Setup for Huawei OceanStor
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM Enterprise
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp E-Series
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM SVC
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM XIV
- Pre-Installation Setup for INFINIDAT InfiniBox
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp-7
- Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Windows Server
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp Cluster
- Pre-Installation Setup for Pure Storage FlashArray
- Pre-Installation Setup for Veritas NetBackup Appliance
- Section XII. Data Collection for Virtualization
- Pre-Installation Setup for VMware
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM VIO
- Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Hyper-V
- Section XIII. System Administration
- Preparing for Updates
- Backing Up and Restoring Data
- Monitoring APTARE IT Analytics
- Accessing APTARE Reports with the REST API
- Defining NetBackup Estimated Tape Capacity
- Automating Host Group Management
- Categorize Host Operating Systems by Platform and Version
- Load Relationships Between Hosts and Host Group
- Automating NetBackup Utilities
- Attribute Management
- Importing Generic Backup Data
- Backup Job Overrides
- Managing Host Data Collection
- System Configuration in the Portal
- Host Discovery: EMC Avamar
- Performance Profile Schedule Customization
- Configuring LDAP
- Configuring Single Sign On (SSO) Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- Changing Oracle Database User Passwords
- Tuning APTARE IT Analytics
- Defining Report Metrics
- Working with Log Files
- Portal and Data Collector Log Files - Reduce Logging
- Data Collector Log File Naming Conventions
- Portal Log Files
- SNMP Trap Alerting
- SSL Certificate Configuration
- Configure Virtual Hosts for Portal and/or Data Collection SSL
- Keystore on the Portal Server
- Portal Properties: Format and Portal Customizations
- Advanced Configuration for NetBackup Discovery
- Data Retention Periods for SDK Database Objects
- Configure Multi-Tenancy Data Purging Retention Periods
- Troubleshooting
- Section XIV. Portal Install and Upgrade (Windows)
- Installing the Portal on a Windows Server
- Upgrading a Portal and Data Collectors (Windows)
- Troubleshooting - Manual Data Collector Upgrades
- Attribute Merging During the Portal Upgrade
- Upgrading and Migrating to a New Server
- Installing the Portal on a Windows Server
- Section XV. Portal Install and Upgrade (Linux)
- Installing the Portal on a Linux Server
- Upgrading a Portal and Data Collectors (Linux)
- Data Collector Upgrades
- Attribute Merging During the Portal Upgrade
- Installation from a Single File Specific to an OS
- Adding Additional Products
- Upgrading and Migrating to a New Server
- Installing the Portal on a Linux Server
- Section XVI. Technical Notes
- Enabling Oracle's Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
- Array Performance Statistics Technical Note
- EMC Symmetrix Back-end Director Performance
- Section XVII. Licensing
- License Installation and Guidelines
- Verifying the Current License Configuration
- Criteria for Determining Licensing Limits
- Managing Licenses
- Configure the Data Collector Policy to Exclude the Object
- License Key Utility
- License Installation (Command Line Alternative)
- Report Configuration Utility
- License Verification Utility
- License Installation and Guidelines
- Section XVIII. Inventory Reports
- Inventory Operations
About User Privileges
Privileges can be set for both user groups and individual users.
Privileges are organized by areas in the portal:
.Note:
Portal upgrades will automatically enable privileges for newly added reports and the display of the
view including all objects, for all Administrators. Refer to the release notes for the list of reports and features introduced in a specific product release.Various categories of privileges enable you to tailor user access capabilities:
Table: Table 1 User Privileges
Privilege Category | Privilege Description | Comments |
---|---|---|
Enables or restricts the ability to access to the tab. | Reports and templates available through the tab are individually controlled by specific privileges. | |
Enables or restricts the ability to access to Inventory objects. | ||
| Enables or restricts the access to the Array object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Azure Storage Accounts object. This includes the ability to export. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Azure Virtual Machines object. This includes the ability to export. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Backup Server object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Datastore object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Dedupe Appliance object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Select to provide access to File Share & Volumes on the Inventory page. This includes the ability to export. | |
| Select to provide access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Instances on the Inventory page. This includes the ability to export. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Host object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to decommission, recommission, export and import objects. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Select to provide access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 Buckets on the Inventory page. This includes the ability to export. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the Switch object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the VM Guest object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
| Enables or restricts the access to the VM Server object in the Inventory. This includes the ability to export. Assigning attributes and permanent deletion are permissioned separately. | |
Enables or restricts the ability to manage to Inventory objects. | ||
All Objects: Permanently Delete | Enables or restricts the ability to permanently delete objects from the Inventory view and the database. | |
All Objects: Assign Attribute Values | Enables or restricts the ability to assign attributes and change an object's attribute values within the Inventory. | These privileges are specific to the tab. |
Hosts: Import from CSV | Enables the user to use a CSV file to add/update hosts from an external source and ultimately manage them from the . | |
Hosts: Add/Edit/Move | Enables or restricts access to add and modify Hosts. This includes moving (cutting and pasting) hosts from one Host Group to another. | |
Hosts: Recommission and Decommission | Enables or restricts he ability to recommission and decommission hosts and master servers. These are audited actions and the historical data is preserved in the database. Even with this privilege, a password is required for the action. | |
Host Groups: Add/Edit/Move | Enables or restricts access to add and modify Host Groups. This includes moving (cutting and pasting) one Host Group to another, allowing you to create sub groups. | |
Reports | ||
Enables or restricts the ability to access to the tab.Access to reports within a product/group--for example, System Administration or Management Reports. | Access can be on a per-report basis or for an entire report menu group. New reports must be explicitly enabled for users. Access is automatically granted for Super Users and Admins. Note: Portal upgrades will automatically enable privileges for newly added reports and the display of the view along with all objects for all Administrators. Refer to the release notes for the list of reports and features introduced in a specific product release. | |
Enable Access to Cloud Reports | Enables access to new and updated reports delivered through the Cloud. | The Cloud section is only displayed on the tab when this privilege is enabled. |
Dynamic Template Designer | Enables or restricts access to the Dynamic Template Designer - a tool that does not require Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge to create custom report templates. | |
SQL Template Designer | Enables or restricts access to the SQL Template Designer - a tool to create custom report templates using SQL. | |
Alerts | ||
Alert Configuration | ||
Configure Thresholds & Alerts | Enables or restricts access to Alert Configuration. | |
Designers | ||
Admin | ||
Users | ||
Users and Privileges | Enables or restricts access to view, search and modify user details. This includes editing group memberships, privileges and password resets. | |
User Groups | Enables or restricts access to view, search and modify user group details. This includes adding, editing user membership, and privileges. User groups provide an efficient way of managing many users at once. | |
Domains | ||
Domains | Enables or restricts access to Domain administration. This includes the ability to add, edit and delete domains. | |
Chargeback | ||
Backup | Select to provide access to Backup Billing and Usage Policy administration functions including adding, editing and deleting. | |
Capacity | Select to provide access to Capacity Billing and Usage Policy administration functions including adding, editing and deleting. | |
SAN Fabric | Select to provide access to SAN Fabric Billing and Usage Policy administration functions including adding, editing and deleting. | |
Solutions | ||
Storage Optimization | Select to provide access to Storage Optimization and corresponding management functions. | |
Risk Mitigation | Select to provide access to Risk Mitigation and corresponding management functions. | |
Data Collection | ||
Collection Status | Select to provide access to monitor the health and status of Data Collectors. | |
Collector Administration | Select to provide access to create and configure Collectors and Collector policies. Stop, start, edit, and policy deletion is also permitted. On-Demand collection runs are also available for supported vendors. | |
Host Discovery and Collection | Select to provide the ability to configure Host Resources Data Collection and manage the Host Discovery and Collection. | |
Collector Updates | Select to enable or restrict the view of the current status for data collectors. This area also provides access to the update the Upgrade Manager and aptare.jars. | |
Reports | ||
Thresholds | Select to provide access to add, edit and delete Threshold Policies. Threshold Policies enable you to establish Low, Warning, and Critical levels from which to manage the state of your capacity utilization. | |
NetBackup Discovery | Select to provide access to the management and configuration of host discovery policies. The Discovery module is specific to NetBackup | |
Backup SLA | Select to provide access to add, edit and delete Backup Service Level Agreements (SLA) Group polices. When you establish an SLA, performance is tracked against objectives. The SLA policies are where objectives are set. | |
Master Schedules | Select to provide access to creating and editing Master schedules. Master schedules can be defined at a global level and then applied to specific saved reports, causing the reports to be emailed or exported on a regular basis. | |
Backup Windows | Select to provide access to add, edit and delete custom backup windows. | |
Method Designer | Enables or restricts the access to the Method Designer, an advanced feature that requires experience in SQL (Structured Query Language) query development. Methods can be used only in report templates that have been created using the Dynamic Template Designer. | |
Email/Export on Schedule | Select to provide the ability to email or export user reports based on an establish schedule. | |
Share Reports | Select to provide the ability to share custom reports and templates with users and user groups. | |
Create Ticket | Select to provide the ability to create tickets associated with backup jobs. | |
File List | ||
File List Export | Enables or restricts access to the File List Exporter - a utility for extracting the File Analytics collected metadata into a comma-separated values (.csv) file. | |
Advanced | ||
Parameters | Select to provide the ability to add, edit, delete and download advanced parameters. Advanced parameters are a mechanism for customizing internal settings with the help of Support. | |
Attributes | Select to provide the ability to create, edit and delete attributes and modify their values. Attributes define a distinct data set based on a specific characteristic. | |
Publish Benchmark Data | Select to provide the ability to configure and enable sharing Performance Statistics with the organization. This enables customers to compare their performance with similarly configured arrays in the broader community, for customers to gauge if their environmental metrics are within a normal performance range. | |
Object Maintenance | Select to provide the ability to manage Devices, Libraries and Drives. Permanently delete and the assignment of attribute values are permitted operations. | |
Support Tools | Select to provide the ability to download data collector logs, portal logs and configuration files for a specified time period. | |
System Notifications | Select to provide the ability to view and manage system level notifications. Notifications alert the user to any issues that require attention. |